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Marshall Artists Series presents story of Golda Meir
Emmy Award and four-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh will perform in the one-woman show "Golda's Balcony," at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 6. The event is part of the Marshall Artists Series.
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HUNTINGTON -- The former woman Israeli Prime Minister who David Ben-Gurion called "the best man in the government," will be chronicled in a production of "Golda's Balcony" with Emmy Award- and four-time Tony Award-nominee Tovah Feldshuh.
Audiences can relive Golda Meir's journey from Milwaukee schoolteacher to Israeli Prime Minister at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center Saturday at 8 p.m. The event is part of the Marshall Artist Series schedule.
"Golda's Balcony," written by William Gibson, focuses primarily on one incident, the Yom Kippur War of 1973, as Meir fields a never-ending stream of phone calls, crises large and small and political posturing while pondering her most difficult decision yet: whether to utilize nuclear weapons against her Egyptian and Syrian enemies.
"My hope is to do this role the rest of my performing life," Feldshuh said. "I think it gives little Israel a fighting chance."
Premiering at the Manhattan Ensemble Theatre, "Golda's Balcony" became an instant hit. When the one-woman show transferred to Broadway, it played for 17 months, making it the longest-running one-woman show in Broadway history.
"When I first read the script, it was very, very academic and chock full of history, and I wondered how we would make it work," Feldshuh said. "And then, I realized it was about making politics extremely personal to her, like one of her children, even above her biological children."
The New York Times called Feldshuh's performance "fiercely committed," adding that "she does more than just resurrect Golda, she embodies an entire country."
Feldshuh said she is thrilled to "literally be able to throw the play in a suitcase and get on a plane."
"We can come to you on a Saturday and run it and do it because of the limited props and because the venue provides the set," she explained. "I feel the play is beautifully received, and let's be honest, one of the things that's influenced that is September 11 and extreme Islamist terrorism because after all this time, it's still democracy pitted up against absolutism."
Tickets are available from the Marshall Artists Series Box Office by calling 304-696-6656 or visiting www.marshallartistsseries.org or www.ticketmaster.com. Prices range from $45 to $55 for adults and $22.50 to $27.50 for children.
Masters class
The Marshall Artists Series and the Marshall University Department of Theatre will present a master class titled "Audition: Stopping the Conveyor Belt" with Tovah Feldshuh from 10 a.m. to non, Sunday, March 8 in the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse. She will work with Marshall University Theatre students on monologue selections and provide direction and insight about the professional audition experience.
There will be a 45 minute Q & A after Tovah's teaching session. Audience members must present their ticket stub to "Golda's Balcony" for entrance to the master class. Seating is limited.
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